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For $300+K I would need a car to have a minimum of 500 hp to even look at it twice (not that I have that kind of money by a long shot), as I do not care about such things as low miles/all original vintage, momentum street car, etc. |
Captain obvious but...
Back in the day these cars were nowhere near as desirable as the cars from Europe. I'm sure they were capable but that desirability thing is a big deal. Did you ever see the movie Corvette Summer? :( http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1580462825.jpg |
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https://www.thedrive.com/news/32015/a-pristine-1971-datsun-240z-just-sold-for-310000-because-the-worlds-gone-mad |
Several good, descriptive videos on a fantastic car. The attention to explaining every detail by the seller (video narrarator) is what got the fever pitch excitement, and thus, the bidding war that ended with a big payday.
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The 240Z collector world is crazy but still, this was a one-off. It was a series 1 car that has sat on a showroom floor for most of the last 50 years. If people w modified later 240Z cars think this has any bearing on their car, they are crazy. They sold a LOT of Datsun Z-cars and only the first ones were real sports cars.
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I remember wandering through the local pick-ur-part junk yards back in the 90s, when I had my own 240Z, and marveling at the number of rust-free Zs were being junked. I was also surprised at the number of 928s but this is LA.
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The guy bought it as a gift/tribute for his deceased son, if I read the link correctly that I posted. It was not really an arms-length transaction. It was probably emotion and this was the perfect car to perhaps fill the void created by his son's passing. |
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And in other news, 1971 240Z in great shape for sale on BaT right now, ending soon:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-datsun-240z-122/ |
Maybe I should start looking for pre-77 Celicas, but I'd like one already swapped to a more modern engine from Lexus or even a newer Toyota maybe. :)
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It’s an extremely original car with high desirability and sporting pretensions (rear drums and non cross flow head aside - like it’s ever getting driven so doesn’t really matter) that two guys wanted bad enough to crank the bids to eleven squared....
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I had a '78 280Z and while it was an ok car, it wasn't my definition of a sports car. Well made, without a doubt and decent looking, for sure. My dad had a new '72 240Z for a couple years w Pete Brock headers and full exhaust plus one inch wider American Racing slotted rims. That thing was a sports car and it ripped...no one would call it slow at the time and the fastest muscle cars had very recently been sold in the U.S. As for the Z-cars built after my '78, they were an embarrassment. One friend had a new 280-ZX turbo in the '80s that was flat-out pathetic. Those were dark times for most cars. |
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One of my friends bought a brand new 280 ZX in the 1980s.
At the time one of the amazing features is the car had a talking computer to tell you the door was ajar and other things. It was a pleasant female voice. His wife was so jealous of that voice, he had to go to the dealer and get it re-programmed into the male version. They divorced a few years later. He still has the car, and it is all original and in great shape. I have often wondered if he ever reprogrammed the voice to female. |
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